Vladivostok

City · 1860 CE · in Central Asia

Capital of Provisional Priamurye Government (1922–1922).

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Meiji Restoration (1868 CE): Imperial rule was restored under Emperor Meiji, launching Japan's rapid modernisation.
Mao Zedong (1893 CE – 1976 CE): Communist revolutionary who founded the People's Republic of China and led it until his death.
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Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1868 CE): Military government based at Edo that brought over two centuries of peace to Japan.
Qing dynasty (1636–1912 CE): Hong Taiji proclaimed the Qing dynasty at Mukden; the Manchu dynasty ruled China from 1644 until 1912.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760 CE – 1849 CE): Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period, best known for the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Perry Expedition (1853–1854 CE): US Commodore Matthew Perry's "black ships" forced Japan to open to foreign trade.
First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895 CE): Japan defeated Qing China over control of Korea, gaining Taiwan.